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L. HANSON.

TIME CHECK RECEIVER.

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ihnrno STAIES' PATENT Orricia LUTHER HANSON, OF HALIFAX, COUNTY OF YORK, ENGLAND.

TiME-CHECK RECEIVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,090, dated June 2, 1885.

Application filed September 5, 188-1.

(No model.) Patented in England February 14, 1884, No. 3,901; in France May 31, 1884, No.

162,498, and in Belgium June 5,1884, No. 65,395.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LUTHER Hanson, of Bowling Dyke Dye-\Vorks, Halifax, in the county of York, England, have invented certain Improvements in Time-Check Registers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for registering the time at which workmen deposit their time-checks on entering or leaving a factory.

This improved apparatus belongs to that class of time-registers wherein a series of receptacles are employed each corresponding to a different time of day, and a mechanism controlled by clock-work directs the checks into one receptacle after another successively, according to the different times at which the checks are deposited.

Prior to my invention such registering apparatus have been constructed with a circular series of receptacles arranged on a stationary bed, with a rotary shaft above them carrying a traveling spout, which terminates successively over one after another of the receptacles, and is moved from each to the next at predetermined intervals of time by an escape ment controlled by clock-work.

My invention aims to dispense with the revolving spout and provide an improved and simplified mechanism for controlling the operation.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a side elevation of the preferred form of my invention, the inclosing-case being in section. Fig. 2 is a plan of the working parts, the inclosing-case being omitted. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, and Fig. 4 a plan,of a modification;

and Fig. 5 is an elevation of another modification.

A is the inclosing-case, in the side of which is an opening for the dropping of the checks, from which opening a short spout or ehute,V, extends downward. B is a circular table mounted on a rotary shaft, D,which is stepped in a bearing, E, at its lower end, and its upper end has a bearing in a cross-piece, F.

Fixed on the shaft D is a barrel, G, on which is wound a cord, H, which is carried over sheaves I I I, and is attached at its end to a boxes are, by the intermittent rotation of the k table 13, brought successively under the fixed chute Vin order to receive the checks dropped through, the chute. Each box corresponds to a separate time of day, or, rather,to a separate interval between two predetermined times.

In the upper part of the casing A is arranged a clock-work and part of the releasing mechanism for effecting the intermittent rotation of the table. This clock-work is inclosed in a frame, K, Fig. 2, and on one of its shafts-as, for instance, the shaft L-is fixed a toothed cam-wheel, M. A lever, N, is hinged at I and its end rests in the teeth of this wheel, and is lifted and dropped as the wheel slowly turns in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1. A rod, It, is jointed to the lever N, extends down, and is connected to a hammerarm, S, the free end a of which stands over the end I) of a lever, T, and to the opposite end of this lever T a bolt or pin, U, is con nected. This bolt is adapted to enter anyone of a series of holes, 0 0, formed in the table 13, and while in either hole it acts to hold the table from rotating. As seen in Fig. 2, there is one hole a to each box 0. The clock-work is so timed that the wheel M drops the lever N as often as the boxes 0 are desired to sueceed one another under the chute V. As the lever N is lifted it lifts the hammer-arm S,and as it is dropped the arm S falls. Its end a strikes the lever T and lifts the boltU out of the hole 0, which it occupies. The table 13, being then no longer restrained, begins slowly to revolve. Meanwhile the bolt U has fallen back and rests on the surface of the table,and when the move ment of the table brings the next succeeding hole 0 under it,it drops in and arrests the table. In this operation one box has passed out from under the chute V with whatever checks may have been deposited in'it, and the next suceeedin g box has taken its place under the chute. \Vith the proportions shown,where forty eight boxes O are provided and the releasing mechanism operates every five minntes,the machine will record the arrivals and departures for four hours without presenting any box twice beneath the chute. This gives an abundance of time for the clerk to take out the checks and make the necessary entries. For the convenience of the workmen, two opposite clocki'aces, X and W, may be employed, the hands of which receive their motion from the shaft L through bevel-gears Z Z. In places where a larger number of work people are employed, the boxes 6 may be made larger and deep enough to hold any number of cheeks,as shown in Fig. 3, and when a larger number ofworkmen arrive or depart at one time than at other times, I arrange different-sized boxes accordingly, as illustrated in Fig. 4. In this figure the table is arranged to make one revolution in twelve hours, and the releasing mechanism is operated every five minutes; consequently the table is provided with one hundred and forty-fourholes,ec,which are spaced, asshown, at different distances apart to suit the varied sizes of the boxes, and in order that during the intervals when no workmen are arriving or departing the table shall turn proportionallybut a short'distance. It is one of the important advantages of my releasing mechanism that it alone is capable of being adapted to such adjustment or proportioning of the apparatus.

In lieu of holes being formed in the table, notches may be cut in its edge, as shown at c c in Fig. 5.

My improved apparatus provides a reliable and effective register with simple mechanism, and avoids the complications and liability to clogging which result from the use of a revolving spout or chute.

2. The combination of table I means, snbstantially as described, for imparting to it a tendency to revolve in one direction, a series of holes or sockets, c c, in said table, a bolt or pin, U, adapted to enter said holes, mechanism, substantially as described, for withdrawing said bolt, and a clock-work adapted to control the operation of such mechanism, sub stantially as set forth.

3. The combination of table 13, means, sub stantially as described, for imparting to it a tendency to revolve in one direction, holes 0 0 in said table, bolt U, lever T, hammer-arm S, connecting-rod R, lever N, toothed wheel M, and a clock-work adapted to rotate said wheel, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LUTHER HANSON.

W'itncsses:

O. XV. WHITMAN,

U. S. Consular Agent. A. CRossLEY,

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